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GOURMET PROVES BEST IN CRETE ROUTE EVENT EVENTLexbrook Lexbrook Gelding Whips Maurice K in His Popular Score Future Winning Takes Kankakee Purse PurseCRETE CRETE 111 May 22 While the Kanka ¬ kee Purse brought together a more valuable field of horses at Lincoln Fields today tfie Lexbrook Stables Gourmet scored a popular victory at the American Turf Association course when he accounted for the Monee Claiming Purse a race which was fashioned for platers over the more exacting distance of a mile and a furlong The Pot au Feu gelding was the second public choice to justify his support as he finished in front of A J Browns Maurice K with a margin of victory which didnt clearly indicate how hotly the decision was contested through the stretch The Chicagoowned campaigner was making his second start at this still young meeting and was picking up his third purse of the year as he stepped off the dis ¬ tance in 155 155After After setting the pace all the way until overpowered by the winner in the final drive to the wire Maurice K was losing ground so rapidly that he was two and onehalf lengths back of the Lexbrook representative and only a nose in advance of Snider Eck lands Edgeco Mrs Thelma Otts Wauchula was making a bid under punishment all through the stretch but could finish no bet ¬ ter than fourth fourthReuben Reuben White sent the field away well together and in the race to the first turn it was Maurice K and Golden Era who dis ¬ played the most speed Around the club ¬ house turn however the Brown gelding went to the front and remained there until over ¬ hauled by the winner winnerRESERVED RESERVED IN EARLY RUNNING RUNNINGGourmet Gourmet was away next to last and was not put under pressure when it became obvi ¬ ous that he could not go along with the pace Instead apprentice MacAndrew re ¬ served him until reaching the far turn At that point he called upon the Pot au Feu gelding and turning for home he was saving ground on the rail so that when the field straightened away for the run to the wire ho was third only three lengths away from tho pacesetter pacesetterDown Down in front of the stand he overtook that son of Jock and right with him was Edgeco The three riders went to their whips and leaving the sixteenth post Gour ¬ met began to draw away and Edgeco showed he had enough Maurice K hung on until the final yards when he folded up badly Another few strides and he might havo dropped back out of the money The day started off with a shower before the first race but a wind came up which blew the storm around the course and the sun shona through the clouds the rest of the afternoon Going into the seventh race the chalk play ¬ ers were finding it difficult to pick a winner winnerFrank Frank Abbates Veeks became the third public choice to win during the afternoon when he accounted for his fifth victory in six starts this year in the seventh race At the end of the mile and a sixteenth test for forContinued Continued on thirtieth page GOURMET PROVES BEST IN CRETE ROUTE EVENT EVENTLexbrook Lexbrook Gelding Whips Maurice K in His Popular Score Future Winning Takes Kankakee Purse PurseContinued Continued from first page pageolder older horses the Transmute mare was three lengths in advance of Mrs Lonnie Copen havers Helens Lad while completing the distance in 148 Veeks paid 500 to win Reserved off the pace Veeks was called upon on the turn for home and had no trouble taking over the lead leadThe The Kankakee Purse the sixfurlong claim ¬ ing event for better class platers which was the secondary feature of the days card and occupied the fifth spot went to A H Sumerlins Future Winning That gelded son of Blue Blitzen led all the way but he had to be put to a drive by Steve Brooks to insure his score a neck in advance of Clar ence E Davisons Weisenheimer Future Winning was accounting for his fifth victory of the year and paid 13 for 2 2Turning Turning for home Future Winning ap ¬ peared to have a commanding lead but Haskell kept working on Weisenheimer and that Wise Counsellor gelding was running fastest of all through the final furlongs Two lengths in the wake of him came Mrs G H Emicks Last Call The Ed Crump gelding just got up to snatch show money a head in advance of Mrs Emil Denemarks Sun Alex ¬ andria The latter did not find racing room until the drive down the front lane laneThe The opening race a sixfurlong sprint for maiden three and fouryearolds went to Dan B Midkiffs Kentown The son of Jamestown found an opening at the head of the stretch to challenge the Lexbrook Sta ¬ bles Lexbrook and then outgamed that Chi ¬ cagoowned gelding in the dash for the wire Kentown was made the favorite in this special weights event on the strength of a recent showing at Churchill Downs and paid 480 to those who supported him as he graduated a nose hi advance of the second horse horseLexbrook Lexbrook contested the issue with the vpacesetting Minotira got to the front around the turn for home and just missed hanging on long enough to earn brackets Princely Gift finished third a length back of the first two and came from far back in the field to earn that end of the purse two lengths to the good of Hello Zac who was always in a contending position without being able to pick up any of the iiioriey spots spotsWilliam William J Sprows Play Quest graduated in easy fashion in the necond race a five furlong affair for twoyearolds known as the Creekside Farm Through the final fur ¬ long Jack Richard was easing the High Quest filly up and she still had plenty in her favor as she completed the distance in 101 Receiving only moderate support in spite of the fact that her last effort at Churchill Downs was a good one the Sprow filly was worth 940 for 2 to those who backed her chances in the mutuels Richards sent the winr into the lead soon after the start in which she broke sixth in the field and she was never headed as she opened up on her field without extending herself herselfREPEATS REPEATS IN BIG SURPRISE SURPRISEMrs Mrs L B Muschals Crumpet furnished a surprise when she drove to her second straight victory this year in the third race The Hard Tack filly led the pacesetting Ducmiss across the final marker by half a length in that sixfurlong affair for 1250 platers The Muschal filly accomplished the distance in the ordinary time of 115 but rewarded her scattered supporters with the very good mutuel return of 5880 5880Combined Combined in the Double with W J Sprows Play Quest Crumpet brought 76060 to those who held tickets on this pair for the largest Double payoff of the meeting meetingCrumpet Crumpet was always close up as Mrs H C Hoffmans Ducmiss showed the way Straightening into the front lane however apprentice Borton called upon her and she wore down the Hoffman mare The latter finished two and onehalf lengths in advance of A Gemmellis Cantovino CantovinoAnother Another unexpected winner came out of the fivefurlong Cottage Grove Purse in which eleven juvenile fillies met at five fur ¬ longs when Emolument a brown daughter of Halcyon owned by C E Hagyard and who was making her first start took the event at odds of a little more than 30 to 1 Ridden by J Littrell and brought from behind the pace the winner triumphed by two lengths as Wpolford Farms Famed caught Superose who made most of the pace just in time to be second Superose was a strong second choice to the Valdina Farm entry of Valdina Melia and Valdina Whiz and considerable support also de ¬ veloped for Briar Rose While Valdina Whiz began in encouraging fashion only to drop back after the field had reached the turn Valdina Melia offered little serious contention and Briar Rose found the lead ¬ ers pace in the stretch much too fast after chasing Superose for three of the five furlongs
